title: Premedication for the pediatric patient: new and old drugs.
abstract: Over the last 15 years a rapid growth has occurred in the number of pediatric patients that are encountered in the operating room. A developing sophistication on the part of both children and parents, coupled with a rapidly expanding recognition of the need to minimize the amount of physical and psychological trauma that a child has to experience, has led to a growing use of premedication agents for children. A review of the premedication agents currently in use, their various routes of administration, as well as their associated benefits and risks, is presented.
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002985:Clinical Protocols / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011229:Preanesthetic Medication / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000523:psychology*